CornCrib
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Summary: We wanted to install the filter and water softener and accomplish 4 things:
1. Permanent install so it’s not part of our set-up/tear-down to do list
2. Install behind the basement wall, so we don’t take up valuable storage space
3. Install in a way we could access and remove it fairly easily for maintenance (filter change & WS recharge)
4. Secure the equipment so it's less likely to walk away, than if it was sitting outside. (These things are kinda pricey).
Here’s how we did it:
Filter and WS installed behind the new wall (90 deg. blue tape) that we'll put in place of the old wall (diagonal tape)
Flexilla Hose made it easy with no kinks. Quick disconnects will make it easy to remove for maintenance outside.
Everything is connected with 90 degree elbows, quick disconnects, and Flexilla short hoses. Filter will be secured to the floor. WS will be secured at top rope to ceiling and by a strap to the filter housing. Should be secure.
Water comes in through blue hose, over wall, through filter, then WS, then back over wall to Nautilus inlet with a water meter to measure gallons. We will put a Water Pressure Regulator between the blue and green hose connection so pressure is regulated before it enters any system.
We went with this method instead of the hard plumbed PEX solution we've seen others do for simplification, and the flexibility to remove, or move things around if needed.
1. Permanent install so it’s not part of our set-up/tear-down to do list
2. Install behind the basement wall, so we don’t take up valuable storage space
3. Install in a way we could access and remove it fairly easily for maintenance (filter change & WS recharge)
4. Secure the equipment so it's less likely to walk away, than if it was sitting outside. (These things are kinda pricey).
Here’s how we did it:
Filter and WS installed behind the new wall (90 deg. blue tape) that we'll put in place of the old wall (diagonal tape)
Flexilla Hose made it easy with no kinks. Quick disconnects will make it easy to remove for maintenance outside.
Everything is connected with 90 degree elbows, quick disconnects, and Flexilla short hoses. Filter will be secured to the floor. WS will be secured at top rope to ceiling and by a strap to the filter housing. Should be secure.
Water comes in through blue hose, over wall, through filter, then WS, then back over wall to Nautilus inlet with a water meter to measure gallons. We will put a Water Pressure Regulator between the blue and green hose connection so pressure is regulated before it enters any system.
We went with this method instead of the hard plumbed PEX solution we've seen others do for simplification, and the flexibility to remove, or move things around if needed.
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